Tongue cleaner



Nov. 13, 1951 L. N. MOORE TONGUE CLEANER Filed Oct. 28, 1949 Fig.4.

Louie IV. Maare Patented Nov. 13, 1951 OFFICE This n n on pmprissn elenquse u mf mov men s. tong es. meraa im re ecifica pe ta nsm a. an 11. lan ic et ha y. moun able n the ndle f, a ot ush.

All nor ntnbiwtnr hi nven i n e e in the pro i ion o n, mp oved,, o lekfi s.

device. whi h ma be rt -thabl lamped o, a handle such as a toothbrushhandle or the like.

Another; object. of; this invention, in accordance with the foregoingobject, resides in the provision of a tongue-scraping'device having animproved. tongue scrapingedge.

A further object of this invention,- inaccordance with the foregoing.objectresides in the provision for a tongue-scraping device having atongue-cleansing edge.

An. important. feature of this. invention resides in the. provision. forchannel-shaped fingers attachedto said tongue-scrapingidevice, whichwill frictionally. engage" the handle of:- a toothbrush, or. the like.

An. additional. feature of thislinvention reside in the provision for aserrated blade, providing an improved tongue-scraping edge.

Yet another feature of this invention resides in the provision for asmooth edge on the blade, in addition to said serrated edge, the smoothedge providing an improved tongue-cleansing edge.

These, together with various other ancillary features and objects whichwill later become apparent as the following description proceeds, areattained by this device, a preferred embodiment of which has beenillustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the device,showing the tongue scraper attached to the handle of a toothbrush;

Figure 2 is a templet from which the preferred embodiment of thetongue-scraping device may be formed;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane3--3 of Figure 1, showing the details of the construction of themounting means;

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the improved tongue-scrapingdevice attached to a toothbrush, showing the details of the serratededge;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment; and

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view of the second embodiment of thedevice, taken substantially on the plane 68 of Figure 5.

Referring, now, more! particularly. to the ac; companying drawings,wherein, like numerals designate similar parts, throughout the variousviews, the preferred. embodiment of the device isdesignated generally bythe numeral In, the device being de'tachably mountable on a toothbrushindicatedgenerally. by the numeral I2..

The preferred embodiment of v the ,device consists of ablade l4having aserrated edge [6 and a sinooth edge, I8, A, pair of. arms. 20v areterminally, attached to said blade. l4, the arms 20 symmetrically, andcurvedl y'. extending rear wardlyand inwardly offsaid' blade. Attachedto.

each, arm 20, anajmtmuy. spaced from each other arechannel-shapedfingers 22', having. in wardly extending flanges 24, the clampingfingers. 22 being adapted, to receive. the handle of' the.

toothbrush] l2.

Preferably, the. tongue-cleansing. device 10 is formed of agres ili'entmaterial, so that the rearward lyextending arms20 willlyieldingly biasthe channel shaped fingers; 22; into engagement with the toothrushhandle l2,.the. inwardlyeXtending flanges 2T of the channel-shapedmember 22 resiliently embracing the sides of the toothbrush l2.

The second embodiment of the invention has a similar transverselymounted blade M, with a serrated edge I6, and also has channel-shapedfingers 22, providing means for attaching the tongue-scraping device ofthe second embodiment to the handle of a toothbrush. The secondembodiment, however, has a trapezoidal plate 26 which joins thetongue-scraping blade I4 to the clamping fingers 22, the trapezoidalplate 26 having a rearward rectangular extension 28, the rectangularextension 28 joining the inwardly turned flanges 24 of the fingers 22,and being formed integral therewith. As best shown in Figure 6 of thedrawing, the plate 26 includes marginal reinforcing flanges having oneend in abutting engagement with the blade [4. An annular bore 30 isprovided in the rectangular extension 28 so as to coincide with anannular bore 32 in the toothbrush l2, the latter being generallyprovided in toothbrushes so as to furnish means for hanging toothbrushesupon a hook or the like. It can thus be seen that the tonguescrapingdevice H] in no way interferes with the hanging of the toothbrush by ahook through an aperture, such as 32 in the handle of the toothbrush I2.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the utility andmanner of operation of the device will be apparent, the serrated edgeI6,

upon the impartation of suitable motion to it, serving to buff thetongue, and the smooth edge I8 providing means for removing particlesfrom and cleaning the tongue after it has been buffed.

Obviously, various equivalents and arrangements may be resorted towithin the spirit of my invention, and I do not desire to limit myselfto the exact construction shown and described, but to avail myself ofany modification formed within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A tongue scraper comprising a handle, channel-shaped fingersproviding clamping means for detachably securing said scraper to saidhandle, a blade on said tongue scraper, a trapezoidal plate joining saidblade to said fingers, said plate having depending flanged edgesreinforcing said plate.

2. A tongue scraper comprising a pair of elongated channel membersdisposed in registry with each other, a web connecting the correspondinglegs of said channel members, said web having an extension thereonprojecting outwardly of one end of said channel members, said extensionhaving side edges which diverge relative to each other from said channelmembers, flanges on said diverging side edges reinforcing saidextension, and a blade depending from the end of said extension remotefrom said channel members.

3. A tongue scraper comprising a pair of elongated channel membersdisposed in registry with each other, a web connecting the correspondinglegs of said channel members, said web having an extension thereonprojecting outwardly of one end of said channel members, said extensionhaving side edges which diverge relative to each other from said channelmembers, flanges on said diverging side edges reinforcing saidextension, and a blade depending from the end of said extension remotefrom said channel members, said blade abutting the ends of said flanges.

4. A tongue scraper comprising a. pair of elongated channel membersdisposed in registry with each other, a web connecting the correspondinglegs of said channel members, said web having an extension thereonprojecting outwardly of one end of said channel members, said extensionhaving side edges which diverge relative to each other from said channelmembers, flanges on said diverging side edges reinforcing saidextension, and a blade depending from the end of said extension remotefrom said channel members, said flanges each being formed integral withthe leg of said channel members which is spaced from said web.

5. The combination of claim 2 wherein said web has an aperture therein,a handle disposed in said channel members, said handle having an openingtherein disposed in registry with the aperture in said web.

6. A tongue scraper comprising a pair of elongated channel membersdisposed in registry with each other, a web comiecting the correspondinglegs of said channel members, said web having an extension thereonprojecting outwardly of one end of said channel members, said extensionhaving side edges which diverge relative to each other from said channelmembers, flanges on said diverging side edges reinforcing saidextension, and a blade depending from the end of said extension remotefrom said channel members, the lower edge of said blade being serrated.

LOUIE N. MOORE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

- UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 622,386 Peery Apr. 4, 18991,018,518 Pettit Feb. 27, 1912 1,470,710 Davis Oct. 16, 1923 1,604,873Barnhart Oct. 26, 1926 1,741,143 Chin Dec. 31, 1929 2,083,217 Brotherset al June 8, 1937

